Design of RF energy harvesting system for energizing low power devices

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 132, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-69

  Din, N M ^a   Chakrabarty, C K ^a   Bin Ismail, A ^a   Devi, K K A ^b   Chen, W Y ^b  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b International University   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY HARVESTING; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

DESIGN AND SIMULATION; E - SHAPED PATCH ANTENNAS; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; PARTIAL GROUND PLANE; PI MATCHING NETWORK; RADIO FREQUENCY RANGE; RF ENERGY HARVESTING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84866623746     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/pier12072002     Document Type: Article

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